As Elul approaches, in what is often both the busiest and the slowest time of the year, I keep thinking about something we all do without even realizing it. We get into the car, and before we even pull out of the driveway, we open Waze. Why? Not because we don’t know how to drive. But because we want to know how to get to our destination. Elul, the end of one year and the beginning of another, is coming. Between the school supplies, Yom Tov menus, new clothing, and to-do lists, it's easy for...

Tomorrow: Tu B'Av Class Is it a dance of the past or of the future? Where do you fit into the dance? Tomorrow, Wednesday 1:30 EST / 8:30 ILT Tu B'av Class

In just a few hours, we'll sit on the floor. We'll dim the lights, remove our leather shoes, and begin reading Eichah once again. And we wonder - How do we mourn for something we've never known? How do we cry for a Beis HaMikdash we never saw? This week, while preparing for Tisha B'Av, one word kept echoing in my mind. Chazon - Vision. We often think of Chazon as referring to Yeshayahu's vision of destruction. But throughout our tefillos, we ask for another kind of vision: ותחזינה עינינו...